bpo-11105: document the new test.support.infinite_recursion context m… · python/cpython@8004c45 (original) (raw)

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@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
49 49 # processes
50 50 "reap_children",
51 51 # miscellaneous
52 -"run_with_locale", "swap_item", "findfile",
52 +"run_with_locale", "swap_item", "findfile", "infinite_recursion",
53 53 "swap_attr", "Matcher", "set_memlimit", "SuppressCrashReport", "sortdict",
54 54 "run_with_tz", "PGO", "missing_compiler_executable",
55 55 "ALWAYS_EQ", "NEVER_EQ", "LARGEST", "SMALLEST",
@@ -2002,6 +2002,12 @@ def check_disallow_instantiation(testcase, tp, *args, **kwds):
2002 2002
2003 2003 @contextlib.contextmanager
2004 2004 def infinite_recursion(max_depth=75):
2005 +"""Set a lower limit for tests that interact with infinite recursions
2006 + (e.g test_ast.ASTHelpers_Test.test_recursion_direct) since on some
2007 + debug windows builds, due to not enough functions being inlined the
2008 + stack size might not handle the default recursion limit (1000). See
2009 + bpo-11105 for details."""
2010 +
2005 2011 original_depth = sys.getrecursionlimit()
2006 2012 try:
2007 2013 sys.setrecursionlimit(max_depth)